Bryan Cranston And Aaron Paul Will Not Be In Season 1 Of 'Better Call Saul'

If you were hoping for a cameo by Bryan Cranston or Aaron Paul on “Breaking Bad” spin-off “Better Call Saul,” don’t get your hopes up.

“Better Call Saul” executive producer Peter Gould confirmed Walter White and Jesse Pinkman won’t appear in the first season of the show during a panel for the new show at the Television Critics Association Saturday (TCA).

“We want this to really stand on its own,” said Gould, according to Hitfix. “We don’t want to mislead people into expecting something that’s not going to happen… Having said that, everything else is on the table.”

“Any of these characters from ‘Breaking Bad’ could theoretically appear in future seasons, but our hope is that when they do, it will feel proper and organic. If it feels like a stunt, then we in the writers room have done something horribly wrong,” said Gilligan.

“You also don’t want to have the detail in the background distract you from what’s going on in the foreground,” he added. “We’re trying to keep our eyes on the prize.”

Ben Leuner/AMCJonathan Banks will reprise his role of Mike Ehrmantraut on ‘Better Call Saul.’

As for Cranston and Paul, it’s not impossible to see them somewhere down the line on “Better Call Saul.” Odenkirk told us a while back he’d love to have both of them on the show even if it meant in a background cameo.

“I don’t know whether their characters matter that much or if we just need to hire you know Bryan and Aaron to walk behind me at the golf course or walk across the street when I’m driving my car around town. I don’t know if they will engage with the story, but they could,” Odenkirk previously told Business Insider.